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oar

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /ɔː/

Noun

oar noun

  1. A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .
  2. An oarsman; a rower.“He is a good oar.”
  3. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Verb

oar verb

  1. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

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Synonyms

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Associated

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Rhymes

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